Well, yes, that probably describes me again.
However, the ladies from the IOM Family History Society asked if they could bring along a colleague with his drone to take overhead shots of the memorial garden as their hand drawn plans were a little out of scale and possibly missing a few entries. They thought that the footage from the drone recording would be very useful. Of course we said yes.
They arrived today at lunchtime and kindly brought some warm sunshine along with them to help with the filming.
P loved the opportunity to chat with them - he is very gregarious, unlike me.
They were quite impressed with the work P has done since we moved in, cleaning and tidying it all up so that the headstones can now be read. When we moved in, some of them were covered in a decade or so of fallen leaves, mud and green slime, caused by our neighbour's enormous conifer tree that has now, thankfully, been felled.
They seemed quite pleased with the footage they had recorded and I am hoping that they may share it with us. It would be interesting to see it from a different angle.
I hope they do share the footage. It would seem rather churlish not to:-)
ReplyDeleteI am sure they would. They are very friendly ladies.
DeleteI had to look up the gregarious meaning. P is therefore sociable and amiable. Have you ever seen anything that goes bump in the night like apparitions on smells or noises or lights? I only ask because I have seen such things and I am reading a book about Irish ghosts that I bought at my latest carboot visit recently.
ReplyDeleteThis old place is always creaking and groaning. I suppose it's the timbers warming up and cooling down or something like that. Usually any odd lights during the night are when a passing cat triggers the security light which shines through the upstairs skylights. No ghosts yet anyway.
DeleteI just reread your original Memorial Garden post via your blog search JayCee. It makes very interesting reading again.
DeleteThanks Dave. Some of the stories behind those headstones are really interesting.
DeleteDid you get them to drone over your roof and check all the slates while they were at it? (or clean the gutters.)
ReplyDeleteOoh, good idea. Perhaps we could attach a paintbrush and give the belltower a fresh coat of magnolia.
DeleteThat's using your noodle!~
DeleteHow wonderful it would be to see your house from up high. Hope they do send you a copy
ReplyDeleteI am not sure how high they went. I think it was only enough to plot the location of the headstones. I would still be interested to see it though. Hope your eyes are OK?
ReplyDeleteHow interesting to see your home and surroundings from above. I do hope that they share the footage with you. Did the ladies ask you to join them - it sounds an interesting Society.
ReplyDeleteWe are not Manx and have no Manx family connections, however, I have joined their Facebook group so am able to read all the interesting information that is shared there.
DeleteWe had a drone crash in our garden when the young man staying next door lost control of it! I guess it needs practice.
ReplyDeleteOh dear. It could cause problems if the operator is not careful.
DeleteI am glad that P has done so much work to clean up the Memorial Garden. How kind of him to care for those graves. It will be great to see the drone footage. You and P are so nice!
ReplyDeleteAww, thanks Ellen.
DeleteI hope you weren't doing a spot of topless sunbathing when the drone hovered overhead. On second thoughts, I hope you were!
ReplyDeleteToo ruddy cold!
DeleteThey (drones) are now another ‘window on the world’ that give us that chance to see things from another angle. This (if you get to see it) will also/might give you ideas on what (if anything) to do next in that little spot.
ReplyDeleteWhat you’ve done there is a gift to the community.
There is quite a strict covenant on this property, imposed by the Church when they sold it for conversion to a dwelling. We must maintain it but cannot make any changes.
DeleteWhat a difference drones have made to our day to day lives. Of course, they also drop bombs on invading tanks.
ReplyDeleteTop of the list for 10 Handy Uses For Drones.
DeleteDrones are used for so many things now. I wish that I could fly one. My son assures me that if you can drive a car you can drive a drone. I'm not so sure.
ReplyDeleteIt could be an expensive crash.
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